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1. Navigation Points Not Available to Scripting in InDesign 2021 (16.0)

   Problem Description:
   Querying navigation points inside a movie trigger errors from InDesign 16.

   Steps to Reproduce:
   1. Query movie.navigationPoints.length or movie.navigationPoints.count() with Extendscript.

   The following script shows this issue(s) with simple document containing a move and one button with a play at navigation point action applied.

   var btn = app.activeDocument.buttons[0];
   var beh = btn.behaviors[0];
   var mov = beh.movieItem;
   var navPts = mov.navigationPoints;
   try{
   alert(navPts.length); /doesn't exist/
   }catch(err) { alert([err,err.line])}

   try{
   alert(navPts.count()); /*Give incorrect error - Error: Request failed because the underlying functionality is no longer available in the current version of the application */
   }catch(err) { alert([err,err.line])}

   alert(navPts.everyItem().getElements().length); /incorrectly says zero, when there are 2 navigation points/

   Actual Result:
   Each produces two separate errors.

   Expected Result::
   Both should be valid queries.

   Any Workarounds:

   No. Expected functionality is simply missing.

   movie.navigationPoints.everyItem().getElements().length at least doesn't produce an error, but it also doesn't include navigation points.

   This feature was added back to InDesign, but the scripting of it was neglected. I've filed a bug in prerelease as well. Posting here so others are aware.

   Problem Description:
   Querying navigation points inside a movie trigger errors from InDesign 16.

   Steps to Reproduce:
   1. Query movie.navigationPoints.length or movie.navigationPoints.count() with Extendscript.

   The following script shows this issue(s) with simple document containing a move and one button with a play at navigation point action applied.

   var btn = app.activeDocument.buttons[0];
   var beh = btn.behaviors[0];
   var mov = beh.movieItem;
   var navPts = mov.navigationPoints;
   try{
   alert(navPts.length); /doesn't exist/
   }catch(err) { alert([err,err.line])}

   try{
   alert(navPts.count()); /*Give incorrect error - Error: Request failed because the underlying functionality is no longer available in the current version of the application */
   }catch(err) { alert([err,err.line])}

   alert(navPts.everyItem().getElements().length);… more

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   FIXED  ·  AdminRavi Kiran (Admin, Adobe InDesign) responded

   The fix for this issue is available in the latest InDesign release 16.2.1
   Please update to this latest version to get the fix.

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2. Section addition applescript splits last spread (applescript only)

   1. Version
      InDesign 16.4.1 CC2021 (macOS 10.16 Mojave)
      Only in applescript, not in javascript.

   2. Steps to reproduce the issues
      step1. prepare a spreads document. Total number of pages must be an odd number.
      step2. Use AppleScript to set the new section at even-numbered page.

   3. Expected result
      The state of the spread is not changed.

   4. actual result
      The spread at the end is split into two spreads.

   5. --code

   main()

   on main()
   mySetup() of me

   tell application "Adobe InDesign 2021"
   
       set mydoc to document 1
       set mypage2 to page 2 of mydoc
   
       tell mydoc
           set newsection to make section with properties {continue numbering:false, page start:mypage2, page number start:4}
       end tell
   end tell
   

   end main

   on mySetup()
   tell application "Adobe InDesign 2021"
   set mydoc to make document
   set properties of document preferences of mydoc to {facing pages:true, pages per document:5}
   end tell
   end mySetup

   -- code end

   In Japanese:

   見開きドキュメントを準備。総ページ数は奇数。
   任意の偶数ページにセクションを設定するスクリプトを実行すると、最終スプレッドが分割されてしまう。
   Applescriptでのみ発生して、javascript や手作業では発生しない。

   1. Version
      InDesign 16.4.1 CC2021 (macOS 10.16 Mojave)
      Only in applescript, not in javascript.

   2. Steps to reproduce the issues
      step1. prepare a spreads document. Total number of pages must be an odd number.
      step2. Use AppleScript to set the new section at even-numbered page.

   3. Expected result
      The state of the spread is not changed.

   4. actual result
      The spread at the end is split into two spreads.

   5. --code

   main()

   on main()
   mySetup() of me

   tell application "Adobe InDesign 2021"
   
       set mydoc to document 1
       set mypage2 to page 2 of mydoc
   
       tell mydoc
           set newsection to make section with properties {continue numbering:false,

   … more

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3. InDesign does not load type library on upgrade

   Similar to the 2020 release (see https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs/suggestions/41072476-type-library-is-not-automatically-created-by-cc202), InDesign 2022 does not install the type library in upgrade. Please include this with the installation, as this will cause errors for many users.

   Error message: Error: Unable to load Adobe InDesign 2022 Type Library (Version 1.0).

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4. cells selection

   Bug 1:

   See "Table 1" in the provided screenshot.
   Make a table with 3 columns and 3 rows.
   Merge the first 2 cells of the first row.
   Now you have 2 cells in the first row. (A and B).
   Set the contents of other cells to C, D, E, F, G, H.
   Now select cells B, D and E.
   If you click on the Edit menu, InDesign crash.
   If you choose File -> Export, InDesign crash.
   On the scripting side, calling document.selection throw an exception and it is not possible to get the current selection.

   Bug 2:
   See "Table 2" in the provided screenshot.
   Make a table with 2 columns and 4 rows.
   Split the second cells of the first row.
   Now you have 3 cells on the first row.
   Set the contents of the cells to numbers from 1 to 9.
   Now select cells 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (skip cell 3).
   Run this code:

   var doc = app.activeDocument;
   var selectedCells = doc.selection[0].cells;

   var i, ilen, contents = [];

   for (i = 0, ilen = selectedCells.length; i < ilen; i++) {
   contents.push(selectedCells[i].contents);
   }

   alert(contents.join('-'));

   expected result: 1-2-4-5-6-7-8-9
   current result: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 (cell 3 is not part of the selection, cell 9 is missing).

   Applescript and VBscript don't have this problem, only ExtendScript.
   This happens with all versions of InDesign.

   Bug 1:

   See "Table 1" in the provided screenshot.
   Make a table with 3 columns and 3 rows.
   Merge the first 2 cells of the first row.
   Now you have 2 cells in the first row. (A and B).
   Set the contents of other cells to C, D, E, F, G, H.
   Now select cells B, D and E.
   If you click on the Edit menu, InDesign crash.
   If you choose File -> Export, InDesign crash.
   On the scripting side, calling document.selection throw an exception and it is not possible to get the current selection.

   Bug 2:
   See "Table 2"… more

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5. AppleScript Finder communication

   InDesign version 16.3.2 with OSX 10.14.6 or later

   Indesign script‘s with calls to the Finder or other Apple apps work running from Apple’s Script Editor, but break when running from InDesign’s Scripts panel. Get an Not Authorized to Send Apple Events to Finder error.

   This breaks when running from the Scripts panel, but worked with InDesign 2020:

   tell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"
   tell application "Finder"
   activate
   display dialog "Hello"
   end tell
   end tell

   Calls to other Adobe apps are ok, so this still works from the panel:

   tell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"
   tell application id "com.adobe.Photoshop"
   activate
   display dialog "Hello"
   end tell
   end tell

   InDesign version 16.3.2 with OSX 10.14.6 or later

   Indesign script‘s with calls to the Finder or other Apple apps work running from Apple’s Script Editor, but break when running from InDesign’s Scripts panel. Get an Not Authorized to Send Apple Events to Finder error.

   This breaks when running from the Scripts panel, but worked with InDesign 2020:

   tell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"
   tell application "Finder"
   activate
   display dialog "Hello"
   end tell
   end tell

   Calls to other Adobe apps are ok, so this still works from the panel:

   tell application id "com.adobe.InDesign"
   tell application id "com.adobe.Photoshop"
   activate
   display dialog "Hello"
   end tell… more

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6. findGrep() causes Indesign to hang and consume all available resources, eventually crashing the entire computer

   This code will cause InDesign 17.1 to hang and consume all available resources until the computer eventually runs out of both real and virtual memory and then crashes.

   app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
   app.findChangeGrepOptions.properties = { includeMasterPages: true, kanaSensitive: true, widthSensitive: true };
   app.findGrepPreferences = null;
   app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '^(.*)$';

   var found = app.documents[0].changeObject.findGrep();

   If the runaway app is terminated using Task Manager (Windows 10), a stack of message boxes appear with the following message:
   Unable to terminate process
   The operation could not be completed
   The operation is not valid for this process

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7. Custom menus created by script stay after relaunching InDesign

   There's a bug in InDesign 2022 where custom menus created by a script stay after relaunching InDesign.

   How to reproduce:

   -Run this AppleScript script which will create a menu titled Custom Menu:

   tell application "Adobe InDesign 2022"
   tell menu "$ID/Main" to make submenu with properties {title:"Custom Menu"}
   end tell

   -Relaunch InDesign

   The menu Custom Menu will still be there. While it should NOT be there unless explicitely created by a script again.

   The only way to remove it is to run a separate script that specifically removes the menu.

   It's a big problem for third-party software: for example, where users remove a startup script that created the menu - but the menu doesn't go away.

   There's a bug in InDesign 2022 where custom menus created by a script stay after relaunching InDesign.

   How to reproduce:

   -Run this AppleScript script which will create a menu titled Custom Menu:

   tell application "Adobe InDesign 2022"
   tell menu "$ID/Main" to make submenu with properties {title:"Custom Menu"}
   end tell

   -Relaunch InDesign

   The menu Custom Menu will still be there. While it should NOT be there unless explicitely created by a script again.

   The only way to remove it is to run a separate script that specifically removes the menu.

   It's a big problem for third-party software: for example, where users… more

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8. "add bullets and numbering option in other languages like hindi"

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9. close book in event handler is out of sync

   function closeBooks() {
   var books = app.books.everyItem().getElements();
   var i, ilen = books.length;

   for (i = 0; i < ilen; i++) {
       if (books[i].modified) {
           books[i].close(SaveOptions.ASK);
       }
   }
   alert('done');
   

   }

   if you call the closeBooks function, everything works fine.
   But if the function is used as a handler, the "done" message appears immediately, before the for loop complete.

   try adding a beforeQuit eventListener:
   app.addEventListener('beforeQuit', closeBooks);

   and close InDesign having one or more modified books to see this (strange) behaviour.

   The same function works fine if you target documents.

   InDesign CC2021 16.2.1 on MacOs Catalina 10.15.7

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10. script panel blank

    Nenhum Script aparece no painel. Todos sumiram, e todos os scripts estão na pasta do ID.

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11. export layers to photoshop

    would be so nice to have a way to export inDesign layers to Photoshop file. (would save hundreds of hours to rebuild all these files!)

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12. Can't read XML attributes from tagged image contained into table

    Can't read XML attributes from tagged image contained into table.

    Hello, I have some problems when I use one script Javascript to read XML attributes of tagged images contained into tables.
    One XML file with data is imported into document with existing XML structure. In attached example there is a simply structure with one tagged text frame. When importing XML data, text frame contain one simply tagged table with one tagged image into one cell.
    In earlier versions of Indesign (up to CC 9.2) this script works fine.
    In later versions this script not read correctly these attributes: in CC2020 version script read container cell attributes; in CC2021 instead script read correct XML element but this element appears invalid.
    If I first import XML file into an empty document and then tag the text frame then there is no problems!

    ---

    Adobe InDesign CC2021(16.1)
    MacOS Mojave 10.14.4 on Mac mini (Late 2014) 3 GHz Intel Core i7

    1) New file from scratch
    2) Add new text frame and tag it with "TEXT"
    3) Import example XML file "imgattrs.xml"
    4) Run script file "imgattrs.jsx"

    EXPECTED RESULT: read XML attributes of tag "IMG"
    ACTUAL RESULT: "IMG" xmlElement is not valid.

    ---

    Javascript:

    var doc = app.documents[0];
    var root = doc.xmlElements.firstItem();
    var frame = doc.textFrames[0];

    var xmlelems = root.evaluateXPathExpression("//IMG");
    var rectxml = xmlelems[0];
    if (rectxml && rectxml.isValid) {
    var attrsnames = rectxml.xmlAttributes.everyItem().name;
    var attrsvalues = rect_xml.xmlAttributes.everyItem().value;
    }

    ---

    XML file to import:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
    <Root><TEXT><Table xmlns:aid="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/4.0/" aid:table="table" aid:trows="3" aid:tcols="2"><Cell aid:table="cell" aid:theader="" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="82.91338582677166"></Cell><Cell aid:table="cell" aid:theader="" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="82.91338582677166"></Cell><Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="82.91338582677166"></Cell><Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="82.91338582677166"><IMG href="file://img.jpg" height="42" width="42" object_style="img_listino" noback="1"></IMG></Cell><Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="82.91338582677166"></Cell><Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="82.91338582677166"></Cell></Table></TEXT></Root>

    Can't read XML attributes from tagged image contained into table.

    Hello, I have some problems when I use one script Javascript to read XML attributes of tagged images contained into tables.
    One XML file with data is imported into document with existing XML structure. In attached example there is a simply structure with one tagged text frame. When importing XML data, text frame contain one simply tagged table with one tagged image into one cell.
    In earlier versions of Indesign (up to CC 9.2) this script works fine.
    In later versions this script not read correctly these attributes: in CC2020… more

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13. batch open/close documents with script consumes lots of memory

    I have used the script to convert indesign files to idml or vice versa. It works as I expected.

    yet while I want to run another script during batch process to each file the memory which indesign consumes during process dramatically increasing.

    while normal batch process consumes at least 1GB for 100 document, with running script file with some process consumes at least 40-50GB RAM and It causes computer no to respond

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14. FindChangeByList not working

    1 The script stopped working. Doesn’t do anything.

    2 Please let the updater copy the FindChangeList.txt from the previous version. In most cases it’s part of a workflow that breaks with each update.

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15. ID 2020 bug - checkbox not shown.

    in ID2019 everything is Ok - the checkbox is visible. But in 2020 - not!

    var w = new Window("dialog");
    var list = w.add ("listbox", undefined, ["One", "Two", "Three", "Four"]);
    list.items[1].checked = true;
    w.show();

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    Thanks for reporting the issue
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16. My version is the latest, but I still can't use scripts "multipage importer". When I click on the script, the in-design program stops. I

    My version is the latest, but I still can't use scripts "multipage importer". When I click on the script, the in-design program stops.

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